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Liz Smith made some excellent points in that regard.The responsibility for school closures must lie with local authorities, which are best placed to act in the best interests of the communities that they represent.
That is the territory of the equalities bodies, which are probably the group that is best able and best equipped to consider the extent to which mental illness is properly being considered in other contexts.
Are there things that we can do to modify the presumption to ensure that, at each age and stage, it works in the best interests of both the visually impaired and the hearing impaired?
We have a limited budget, and we have a duty of best value. I am afraid that we are not achieving best value, because we have ring fenced one major part of the workforce.